The falseness of the hopes of many professors, showed in a sermon preached in…The falseness of the hopes of many professors, shewed in a sermon preached in…

2. A knowledge that we have the other Qualifications that Salvation is promised unto. There be several Qualifications, which though they be not properly the conditions of the Covenant of Grace, yet they are things that do accompany Salvation. So Love to God: Jam. 1.12. God has promised the Crown of Life to them that love him. So mortifying the deeds of the flesh: Rom. 8.13. If ye by the Spirit mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live. So walking in the Law of God: Psal. 119.1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Having a respect ⟨p. 6⟩to all Gods Commandments: Psal. 119.6. Being righteous: Mat. 13.43. Then shall the righteous shine like the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father. The knowledge of God: Joh. 17.3. This is eternal life to know thee, the only true God. There may be difficulty in making application of these signs; there be images and false resemblances of all Grace: and this makes some men mistake, and think they have Grace when they have none: but when they do discover any of these signs in themselves, they may certainly conclude that they shall be Saved. If men see any Grace in themselves, they may certainly lot upon Salvation; they shall not need to be at a loss about their condition: this decides the controversy about their Eternal Estate: 1 Joh. 3.14. We know that we are passed from death to life, because we love the Brethren.

Quest. 2. When do men build their hopes upon a false foundation, and flatter themselves with vain hopes, when their Estate is nought?